Samuel Prentiss

Samuel Prentiss (31 March 1782-15 January 1857) was a US Senator from Vermont (W) from 4 March 1831 to 11 April 1842, succeeding Dudley Chase and preceding Samuel C. Crafts.

Biography
Samuel Prentiss was born in Stonington, Connecticut in 1782, and he became a lawyer in Montpelier, Vermont in 1802. He served in the state legislature before serving on the Vermont Supreme Court from 1825 to 1830, and he was elected to the US Senate in 1831. In 1842, he resigned to serve as a federal judge, serving until his death in 1857.